2008-05-19 / II00000004

This is the final report of the 2008 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival, which took place on May 18~24, 2008 in Seoul, Youngju and Andong. The final report contains an overview of the festival, information on the program and participating writers and interviews.

2019-06-21 / II00000116

For the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas, KLN publishes excerpts of translated Korean literary works. This is an excerpt from Stranger than Paradise by Lee Jangwook.

2019-06-21 / II00000119

For the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas, KLN publishes book reviews by overseas scholars and publishers. This is a review of the German translation of Your Shadow Is a Monday by Kim Junghyuk.

2020-12-01 / II00000331

The 50th issue of Korean Literature Now (KLN), a magazine that aims to introduce Korean writers and literature to readers and the publishing industries all around the world, was designed as a special issue. As a part of the special issue, a Korean writer and a translator wrote essays, detailing the processes of translation and publication of a Korean novel. This is an essay written by writer Pyun Hye-young, who worked with translator Janet Hong.

2021-03-01 / II00000584

The theme of the 51st issue of Korean Literature Now (KLN), a literary journal produced and distributed to introduce Korean literature and writers to the general public and experts abroad and form a discourse on Korean literature, is “disaster.” This is an excerpt from The Disaster Tourist by author Yun Ko Eun, which is one of the works of Korean literature on disasters. This is an excerpt from “Aoi Garden” by authorPyun Hye-Young, which is one of the works of Korean literature on disasters.

2023-06-05 / II00001215

This is the full text of the English translation of “Martian Child” by Kim Seong Joong, along with the accompanying illustration, published in the Bookmark section of KLN Vol. 60. The first-person protagonist is a lab animal with webbed hands, who becomes the sole survivor on a space expedition to Mars. She meets the ghost of Laika, a dog that died in a space mission, and an abandoned exploration robot. The short story is characterized by a distinctively affectionate gaze toward those that are sacrificed and forgotten in the process of the expansion and exploitation of civilization symbolized by space exploration.

2023-06-05 / II00001219

This is a review of the English translation of Bae Myung-hoon’s Launch Something!

2024-06-01 / II00001487

This is the full text of the short story “The Diving Bell and the Poison” by Lee Jangwook, featured in the Bookmark section of KLN Vol. 64.

2011-10-06 / II00000277

This is an introductory booklet on novelist PYUN HYE YOUNG, produced for literary events at the Guadalajara International Book Fair and a nearby university. Between November 25 and December 2, PYUN HYE YOUNG participated in literary events at the Guadalajara International Book Fair and University of Guadalajara, where she discussed her writing (“About My Writing”), engaged in discussion with literary researchers and answered questions from readers. She was interviewed by the local media outlets Milenio and Mural about her work “Evening Courtship”. This 51-page booklet consists of: “Greetings”, “Author’s Literary World”, “About the Work”, “Story”, “Essay”, “Voices of the Author and Critics”, “Biography” and “Bibliography”.

2006-04-01 / II00000001

This collection of essays from the 2006 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival contains messages from the President of LTI Korea and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, and essays by 36 writers. The festival took place on May 7~13, 2006 in Seoul, Youngju and Andong.